The Road Home

Eastern European (country unspecified) middle-aged greying and recently widowed Lev moves to London so that he can raise money to send to his mother, his five-year old daughter and his rambunctious best friend Rudy. The story, told from his perspective is of his time in London, his interrelations wi......more

If I were to describe my feelings after finishing The Road Home in one word, it would be: empathy. The reason I say empathy is because I believe that anyone who has ever lived away from home, worked hard in a foreign place, can see a part of themselves in Lev. The reasons for being away and the hards......more

Fiction so convincing that it could be a true story. The journey begins with Lev's bus journey from his home in Eastern Europe to the loneliness of impersonal London. Lev is into his early forties, has recently lost his wife to cancer and believes that the only way that he can support his very young......more

I ordered The Road Home with the usual expectations that one would have for a book by an admired author. But, oh dear. It is unbelievable at so many levels, as well as schematic and sentimental. There are irritating little mistakes of fact that Rose Tremain shouldn't make: London underground trains......more

The plot is fairly straightforward: Lev has recently emigrated from an unnamed Eastern European country to find work in London. He meets people in this unfamiliar city that help him find his way and, when tragedy strikes back home, he finds a way to combine what he's learned in his new life with wha......more